§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will have permanent flowering bushes and plants set around the Hyde park and Regents park memorials to soldiers killed on 20 July 1932; and if he will make a statement.
April 1982 September 1982 30 September 1983 Authority Staff Group NJC Senior Staff JNC Chief Officers Numbers in Grades: Numbers Numbers 10 (top) 11 12 13 Above 13 Anglian n.a. 52 24 5 — 85 5 Northumbrian n.a. 28 14 12 — 17 3 North West n.a. 54 42 1 — 51 4 Severn Trent n.a. 138 62 35 7 51 5 Southern n.a. 47 19 20 — 20 3 South West n.a. 19 6 17 — 7 4 Thames n.a. 89 73 41 49 17 4 Welsh n.a. 59 21 6 — 45 5 Wessex n.a. 28 23 4 — 16 3 Yorkshire n.a. 46 26 13 — 42 4 Totals 775 560 310 154 56 351 40 Notes:
(a) The figures for staff and senior staff shown above overstate current numbers, due to reorganisation within the authorities and the downward trend in manpower.
(b) Figures for the staff group may be compared with the total of 28,680 NJC staff employed in the industry in April 1982.
(c) The number of JNC senior staff is now below 300 but a complete analysis of the present numbers is not immediately available.
§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will reply to the First Report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology on the water industry HL 47-i, 1982–83.
§ Mr. WaldegraveTogether with his right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and for Scotland, the Secretary of State has sent a joint memorandum of response to the Select Committee today. Copies of the response have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.